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Air Force Academy Cancels July 4th Celebration
Fox News Radio ^ | 3/20/2013 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 03/20/2013 4:32:16 PM PDT by markomalley

Edited on 03/20/2013 4:40:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The U.S. Air Force Academy has cancelled its annual July 4th celebration and military officials are blaming it on the sequestration.

“Faced with so many uncertainties about the future budget, we have to look at ways to save money,” said Lt. Col. John Bryan, Director of Public Affairs at the Academy. ”But for now, we’ve had to cut back on many things we normally would support.”


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1 posted on 03/20/2013 4:32:16 PM PDT by markomalley
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The U.S. Air Force Academy has cancelled its annual July 4th celebration and military officials are blaming it on the sequestration.

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Meanwhile there’s plenty of money for Bucko Fama to fly off to Israel.


2 posted on 03/20/2013 4:35:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: markomalley

wth?


3 posted on 03/20/2013 4:35:47 PM PDT by mnehring
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Good! Not being able to do everything you want, whenever you want - as dear old dad used to say - -

“Builds Character”!


4 posted on 03/20/2013 4:36:23 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.u)
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Everything is blamed on that “sequestration” - out of 3,500 billion, 85 billion has made this huge impact on our nation? Like if you had 3,500 dollars 85 dollars would impact your household???


5 posted on 03/20/2013 4:36:30 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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i wonder if we can get enough AF vets to jump in and contribute to give something to these cadets who are offering up their lives for the country? it doesnt need to be formal, but a few hundred vets and families can put together a big bbq and fireworks show.

i know there are the bigger political issues with the seq fraud but i’m thinking of the cadets to know the rest of us thank them.


6 posted on 03/20/2013 4:38:42 PM PDT by mnehring
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Whatever it takes so long as there is enough money left over for federal studies on duck penis lengths and snail mating habits.


7 posted on 03/20/2013 4:38:44 PM PDT by Rebelbase (1929-1950's, 20+years for full recovery. How long this time?)
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To: markomalley
So,... when did Ebenezer Scrooge become Sec Air Force?
8 posted on 03/20/2013 4:39:39 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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” Lt. Col. John Bryan, Director of Public Affairs at the Academy”

Is this idiot the new Baghdad Bob or does Carney still have the title?


9 posted on 03/20/2013 4:43:05 PM PDT by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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US Air Force Academy Hosts 4th of July 2012 Celebration: Canceled all Fourth of July events due to Waldo Canyon Fire.


10 posted on 03/20/2013 4:44:08 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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I’m a USAF vet (1970-1974). But this smacks of the utter politicization of our armed forces. They have the money to celebrate Independence Day. But because of PC they’ll dump that and use the money “saved” to fund a study as to why Air Force Academy lesbians are fat.

The left has won. They control the press, the schools, the courts, and now the military (well, the hierarchy, anyway; I think a good portion of the lower-ranking officers, and the rank and file, may have other ideas).

I have a suspicion that the dropping of the flag for the start of CWIII is not far off.


11 posted on 03/20/2013 4:47:56 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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out of 3,500 billion, 85 billion has made this huge impact on our nation?

And would returning to the budget of 2007 -- $1 trillion and change less -- plunge us into ruin? How did we ever get by just those six short years ago?

12 posted on 03/20/2013 4:48:31 PM PDT by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment. -Ludwig von Mises)
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Air Force by order of 0bama.


13 posted on 03/20/2013 4:48:49 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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What the. . . if they celebrate May Day, then it's time to march up country. .
14 posted on 03/20/2013 4:48:56 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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I’m fine with this if it truly saves money. Cuts need to be made, and some of them will be things we like. It’s the nature of living within your means...something responsible Americans do every single day.


15 posted on 03/20/2013 4:49:02 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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The C-in-C doesn’t believe in the Fourth of July. He has shown his true colors time and time again, and they are not red, white, and blue.


16 posted on 03/20/2013 4:49:42 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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I am okay with this; In fact, cancel all Military expenditures that are not related to training or executing the countries mission. All of these public events like parades, bands, fly bys, etc are in my opinion a waste of money while our country has economical issues. We should have cancelled these events a long time ago!
17 posted on 03/20/2013 4:51:59 PM PDT by martinidon
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They will no doubt be available for Eid al-Fitr.


18 posted on 03/20/2013 4:53:50 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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And yet the AFA spends millions every spring installing new sod and keeping it well watered every year for the big wigs who come in for graduation and the 4th.


19 posted on 03/20/2013 5:02:14 PM PDT by Last of the Mohicans
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and military officials are blaming it on the sequestration.

and military officials are blaming forced by the Obama administration to blame it on the sequestration.

Fixed for accuracy.

20 posted on 03/20/2013 5:04:45 PM PDT by lowbridge (Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
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